Data Security Contracts in Bristol

Data Security
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Data Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 64 97
Rank change year-on-year +20 +33 +2
Contract jobs citing Data Security 11 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.05% 0.95% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 1.14% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 4
10th Percentile - £448 -
25th Percentile £363 £481 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% -11.54% +23.81%
75th Percentile £434 £681 £725
90th Percentile £538 £723 -
South West median daily rate £475 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -26.92% +18.18% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £78.70 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +96.75% - -
South West median hourly rate £78.70 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year +96.75% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Data Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 879 1,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.81% 83.16% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 484 750
10th Percentile £222 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £567 £602 £631
90th Percentile £657 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 184 220
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £42.51 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% +36.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.88
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Bristol

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Security in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Data Security in Bristol

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in Bristol

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Security in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in Bristol

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Apache
1 1 (9.09%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Akamai
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (9.09%) Hadoop
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Senior
2 6 (54.55%) Applications Support
2 6 (54.55%) Support Officer
3 5 (45.45%) Senior Applications Support
4 2 (18.18%) Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Compliance Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Data Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Management Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (9.09%) Kafka
1 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Benchmarking
1 6 (54.55%) Customer Service
1 6 (54.55%) Logistics
2 5 (45.45%) Data Protection
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Data Governance
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Quality Management
5 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Data Management
5 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (9.09%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) ETL
5 1 (9.09%) Information Security
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Security Management
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) Data Quality
2 5 (45.45%) GDPR
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (9.09%) GRC
3 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (9.09%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Grafana
1 1 (9.09%) Kibana
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) logstash
1 1 (9.09%) Prometheus
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Adaptive Insights
1 1 (9.09%) F5
1 1 (9.09%) Google
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Workday